Community college students’ perceptions of stress

“But I'm Too Stressed to Learn About Groups!:” Using Stress-Management Groups to Teach Group Work Skills

“…For example, students attending college are usually between age 18 and 24. Late adolescence and early adulthood are developmental periods marked by relationship experimentation (Pillay & Ngcobo, 2010;Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2010), choosing a future career (Johnson, 2009), and successfully completing academic courses and internships (Dziegielewski, Turnage, & Roest-Marti, 2004;Kausar, 2010;Wilks & Spivey, 2010).…”

“…Stressors most frequently reported by college students include employment, financing education and making ends meet (Clark, 2005;Johnson, 2009;Oswalt & Riddock, 2007;Pillay & Ngcobo, 2010), and managing academic workload (Johnson, 2009;Kausar, 2010;Oswalt & Riddock, 2007;Pillay & Ngcobo, 2010). Kausar (2010) reported that higher academic workloads have a negative relationship on coping strategies in college students on managing stress.…”

“…Rural college students face additional barriers that increase stress such as financial hardship (Pillay & Ngcobo, 2010) and commuting (Johnson, 2009). It should be noted that the sample in Pillay and Ngcobo's (2010) study was based in South Africa.…”

The Relationship between Socio-Demographics and Stress Levels, Stressors, and Coping Mechanisms among Undergraduate Students at a University in Barbados

“…Students may also be overwhelmed by the number of courses they are expected to take (Nasiri & Shokrpour, 2012) in order to maintain their full-time/part-time enrolment. This can also lead to poor performance/failure (Johnson, 2009;Rajasekar, 2013).…”

“…When tertiary studies are added, the impact of stress becomes worse (Agolla & Ongori, 2009). These stressors may lead to or increase fear of poor grades (Johnson, 2009), fear of and/or actual poor performance on exams (Rajasekar, 2013), and inadequate time management/study hours which may lead to poor performance/failure (Struthers et al, 2000).…”